USC vs. UCLA: Twitter Reaction, Postgame Recap and Analysis

The UCLA Bruins hadn't defeated the Southern California Trojans since 2006 until Saturday, sealing a Pac-12 Championship berth in the process.

The Bruins' 38-28 win stunned USC and caused jubilation for a UCLA team that finally got over the hump versus its crosstown rival.

Matt Barkley was able to keep his team in the game with less than eight minutes left, hitting Marqise Lee for a touchdown and finding Robert Woods for the two-point conversion to make the score 31-28 UCLA.

However, when Barkley and the offense needed it the most, USC's defense couldn't get a stop. Johnathan Franklin's 29-yard touchdown run with 4:02 remaining put the Bruins up 10 and effectively ended the game.

The only news to come out of the game's remaining minutes was a possible Barkley injury. A hard sack in the game's waning minutes put Trojans No. 2 quarterback Max Wittek under center for the game's final plays.

UCLA came out scorching hot. Quarterback Brett Hundley accounted for two first-quarter touchdowns—one on the ground, one through the air—and Ka'imi Fairbairn sandwiched a successful field goal in between.

After the game's first 15 minutes, it was obvious that Jim Mora's squad came to play. Barkley's early interception didn't help, but the Bruins were dominating the game from the very beginning.

Franklin followed Hundley's touchdowns with a 16-yard scamper to start the second quarter, making the score 24-0.

Things didn't start to change until Barkley hit Nelson Agholor for a score to make it 17-7, and Randall Telfer minutes later to make it 24-14 heading into the half.

The game appeared to change on UCLA's first possession of the third quarter. The Bruins coughed the ball up, Hundley failed to fall on it and Trojans defender George Uko wound up falling on the ball in the end zone.

Andre Heidari missed the extra point, but, still, this seemed like a game-changer. The Bruins should have just fallen on the ball, but USC had clear momentum after this play.

Then this happened:

And Hundley eventually ran one in from three yards out to make the score 31-20 Bruins.

In the fourth quarter, Heidari missed a field goal that could have pulled the Trojans to within eight points. Offensive lineman Kevin Graf still can't believe it didn't go in:

The Trojans fought hard, but Barkley made a few key mistakes, and their defense couldn't get the key stops they needed. Hundley controlled the game for UCLA with Franklin's help in the backfield.

Let's take a deeper look at this one, starting with some Twitter reaction.